Wednesday, December 01, 2021

Movie and TV Reviews - November 2021

 Here are some short reviews of things I watched in November.

Movies

  • Dune - Part 1: See my review here
  • Shang Chi - The Legend of the 10 Rings: Something different from Marvel, based on Korean mythology. I'm not a fan of Marvel's recent direction, but this one is good. (Disney+)
  • Finch: The plot and background of this make no sense at all, but Tom Hanks is good and it has a cute robot. What more could you want (not!). (Apple+)
  • No Time To Die: This would be a good point to wrap up the Bond franchise, which is getting pretty long in the tooth. I'll stick to rewatching the earlier movies. (VOD)
  • Red Ticket: Another heist movie that doesn't hold up if you think about it too much, but it's entertaining enough for a Saturday night. (Netflix)
  • Sound from the Deep: A Norwegian short film with a Lovecraftian theme. It's very tense and watchable. (YouTube)

TV Shows

  • Dalgliesh: Two made-for-TV movies based on novels by P. D. James. If you like you whodunnits dark and grim, you'll like these. (Acorn TV)
  • Manhunt: The Night Stalker: The second season of this show based on the career of a famous British detective and starring Martin Clunes of Doc Martin fame. It's very well done and is easily the best detective series we've seen since Line of Duty (Acorn TV)
  • The Wheel of Time: I've not read the books so I can't comment on the series' faithfulness to them, but it stands perfectly well on its own. (Amazon TV)
  • Cowboy Bebop: I don't remember much about the original anime series. but I enjoyed this live-action remake a lot. (Netflix)
  • Invasion: This one starts out slowly with several stories being set up in several locations. It's very well done but I hope it gets moving a bit quicker. (Apple TV+)


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